The divine habitat nature reinterpreted.
In January 2023, Vienna's BURN-IN Gallery invites you to the REICH DER WEISSSCHATTEN by Tyrolean painter Andrea Langensiepen and presents 20 independent works created between 2010 and 2022.
The major themes of nature and mythology are reflected in many of the artist's works. They transform the art space into an exciting contemporary oasis of incomparable beauty, a place full of silence and contemplation.
Color-intensive meets delicate color sounds, large-format multiples on smaller formats. The white flees sometimes more sometimes less. Sometimes quickly, sometimes with great deliberation. The colors of nature conquer the pictorial space with all their might and create a spectacular tapestry. Deep red meets bright yellow and warm burgundy. Yellow mixes with green and brown. White coquettishly approaches gray and is tangent to rich green and black. Mint, pink, cobalt and apricot set teeny, but all the more sensational accents. The magical color chords spark in the viewer a new kind of sensuality in painting, something superficially diametrical at first glance. They know how to convey a sense of freedom and being ready.
The main works in the exhibition include the diptych And at last I know where I want to be, Quest I-III, Weissschatten I-III, The Hero's Journey, Morpheus I-III and Other Days.
The eponymous short story IN THE REALM OF WHITE SHADOWS also paints an atmospheric picture of the protagonists Chloe and Psyche. It tells of idyllic tranquility, the time of contemplation and departure or change in the seasonal rhythm, the spirituality of paradisiacal gardens and the restlessness under flower white, the radical uprising of botanical cultures.
Vernissage & Program
BURN-IN and Andrea Langensiepen invite you to the exhibition opening on 13.01.2023, 18-20 h.
- Welcome and address to the exhibition Sonja Dolzer | BURN-IN founder
- Dialogue with Andrea Langensiepen
- Sociable togetherness
Location
BURN-IN Gallery in Gerngross 2. OG | 1070 Vienna, Mariahilfer Straße 42-48
#Art TRANSFER
Lyrical storytelling in art
People love stories, because they touch, anchor themselves in the brains and remain "forever" in memory. This is also shown in a study by Stanford University, which attests to a 22-fold memory performance.
The monomyth, the classic hero's journey (sometimes also referred to as a quest), was researched by American mythologist Joseph Campell and is used in diverse genres (literature, film, coaching, therapy, business). Campell sends his heroes on journeys, subjecting them to great trials, all of which they pass with flying colors. The shining hero reaps the elixir and changes the world with it.
What a beautiful image! As part of the collaboration with Andrea Langensiepen, Sonja Dolzer wrote two lyrical short stories that take you into Langensiepen's cosmos and surprise you with the unexpected. Memorable, emotional stories away from the traditional art historical ways of looking at things.
In2020 CHLOES PARADOXES DOPPELLEBEN UND DIE EWIG NAGENDE QUEST was created, a story that switches between times and interweaves the historical with the contemporary or the present. Psyche, Eros, Daphnis, and Pan meet Chloe, the doubting creative soul who plucks up courage and opens up to the public.
The short story IN THE REALM OF WHITE SHADOWS followed in 2021. Chloe and Psyche enter a new space-time entity in which they ponder burgeoning conflicts from Mother Earth and the radical uprising of botanical cultures. In the process, both recognize their controversial approach and the fertilizing nature of their friendship. The REALM OF WHITE SHADOWS sees the light of day. Both short stories were published in the art book ANDREA LANGENSIEPEN.
The BURN-IN exhibition IN THE REALM OF WHITE SHADOWS refers to the short story and presents the relevant works in the atypical art space Gerngross in Vienna.
